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| Hanoi’s oldest hotel to open secret bunker for tourists |
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 Starting from May 21, the secret trench in the five-star hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi will open for tourists, nearly one year after it was discovered. While laying the foundation of a bar at Hanoi’s Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel last August, construction workers accidentally discovered an air raid shelter allegedly created during the war. |
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| More Russian tourists visit Da Nang by air |
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 The second chartered flight from Russia with 150 tourists onboard arrived in the central Da Nang city on May 15. Earlier, on May 12, the first chartered flight from Novosibirsk city of Russia landed in Da Nanginternational airport. The third flight will arrive in Da Nang on May 16. |
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| Hanoi to host European food fest |
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 This year’s European food festival will take place at 6 p.m. on May 26 at the National Library of Vietnam, 31 Trang Thi Street in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. |
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| First flight bringing Russian passengers to Danang |
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 The first flight from Novosibirsk city,Russia, carrying 74 passengers, landed at Da Nang International Airport on May 12. |
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| VND 300,000 to fly between Hanoi-Da Nang |
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 VietJet Air has launched a promotion of VND 299,000 per ticket for the air route Hanoi -Da Nang to celebrate the opening of this new route on May 24th |
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| Mekong Delta trade, tourism and investment fair opens |
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 A Mekong Delta trade, tourism and investment fair opened in Xuan To industrial zone, Tinh Bien district, in An Giang province on May 9. |
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| Hanoi draws up plans to promote tourism |
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 The
Hanoi
People’s Committee says it plans
to promote tourism to reach a target of two million foreign visitors in 2012.
This year, the city will host
the International Tourism Fair and a meeting of the Council for Promoting
Tourism in Asia (CPTA) to highlight
Hanoi’s
potential for tourism and well as images of the city to international friends. |
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| The 12th meeting session of Vietnam-Singapore Tourism Cooperation Joint Committee |
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On 19th April 2012,
the 12th meeting session of the
Vietnam-Singapore
Tourism Cooperation Joint Committee was held at
Halong
City (Quang Ninh Province).
The meeting had attendance of Ms. Hoang Thi Diep, Deputy General Director of the
Vietnam
National
Administration of Tourism (VNAT), representatives of functional units under VNAT
and the delegation of Singapore led
by Mr. Leong Yue Kheong, Deputy Director of Singapore Tourism Board. |
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| First river tour in Hochiminh city to be launched |
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The
first river tour in
Hochiminh city
will be opened on January 22, taking tourists from Bach Dang Wharf in District 1
to the Painter Village in District 7, as part of the city’s tourism authority’s
endeavor to diversify tourism products. |
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| A visitor's guide to Ha Noi |
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 Playing host to visitors in
Hanoi
can be a challenging task as you
guiding them through the cache of busy tourist attractions and attempt to share
your own interpretations of what really makes the capital tick. |
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| Cultural market to highlight ethnic specialties |
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Ethnic minority groups from various part of
Vietnam
are taking part in a cultural market opened in the Vietnamese Ethnic Groups
Culture and Tourism Village in Dong Mo tourist area, 40km from
Hanoi,
on April 19. |
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| Hanoi first to host exhibition of rivers in SEA |
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 An exhibition,
called “ Riverscapes In Flux”, opened in the
Vietnam
Fine Arts Museum
in
Hanoi
on Apr. 12.
Organised by the Goethe Institute in
Hanoi
, the exhibition
showcases the works of 17 young artists from
Vietnam,
Thailand, Myanmar,
Cambodia,
Indonesia and the Philippines.
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| Switzerland casts bronze plaques of Ha Long Bay |
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 In preparation for the Official New7Wonders of
Nature inauguration ceremonies, Switzerland is casting two bronze plaques of
Halong
Bay. |
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| Thousands of foreign tourists land in Vietnam on first day of 2012 |
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 Mr. Peter Grove and Mrs. Kate Goswell (from UK), arriving on
Vietnam
Airlines flight 120,
became the first foreign tourists to step foot in
Vietnam
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| Trang An tourism to be introduced on CNN |
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 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will consider promoting the Trang An
eco-tourism complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh on the well-known
global TV network CNN in the coming time. |
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| Ho Chi Minh’s prison diary on display in RoK |
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 A calligraphy exhibition featuring excerpts from late President Prison Diary - Hochiminh, opened on April 9 at the Suncheon National University’s museum, in the south Jeolla province in the Republic of Korea.
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| Vietnam: A great place to live |
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 The online magazine ‘Business Insider’ recently published an article written by leading investment strategist, Tim Staermose, who talked about impressions of Vietnam after his eight-day visit to the Southeast Asian country.
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| Free tickets to Ha Long Bay during holidays |
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 Entry to Halong Bay (Vietnam) in the northern province of Quang Ninh will be free to all visitors from Apr. 28 to May 1, as a way of saying thank you to visitors for voting the Bay as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World.
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| Free wifi for tourists to Ha Long Bay |
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 Tourists visiting Halong Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh are benefiting from free wifi service as of April 20.
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| 2012 Ha Long tourism week to be held |
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The 2012 Halong –
Quang Ninh Tourism Week will be held from April 22 to May 2, announced Quang
Ninh Provincial People’s Committee on April 3. |
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| Hue Festival 2012 media centre debuts |
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 The Press Centre for the Hue Festival 2012 was inaugurated at the Thua Thien- Hue provincial Journalists Association on April 2 to assist both domestic and foreign reporters during the biennial event.
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| Vietnam to host arts exhibition on water landscapes |
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 An exhibition of works by 17 artists from Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines will open in Hanoi on April 12 and then in Hochiminh City one month later.
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| Danang fireworks expects to attract 400,000 tourists |
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 Every year, more tourists are coming to the annual Da Nang international fireworks competition, which has helped the city develop its tourism trademark. |
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| Vietnam attends Carnival Blois in France |
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 About 100 Vietnamese students and Overseas Vietnamese in Tours and Blois have joined Carnival Blois 2012 in France, to introduce Vietnamese culture to international friends.
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| HCM City’s tourism revenues reach VND15 tril. in first quarter |
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 Two Spanish puppeteers will perform at Vietnam Puppetry Theatre in Hanoi on April 2 in celebration of the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Spain.
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| Ha Long bay now a safe place to visit |
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 Halong Bay is much safer place to visit, Carmen Roberts has reported in a TV broadcast recently on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). |
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| Hue’s tourism sector targeted toward green growth |
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 Managers, researchers and experts from the US, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam gathered at an international seminar on tourism in Hue city on February 14.
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| Int’l Trade Fair to be held in Hanoi |
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 The 22nd Vietnam International Trade Fair will be held in Ha Noi from April 4-7 on the theme of “Vietnam – Cooperation and Development”.
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| City to hold three major tourism events |
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 Ho Chi Minh will soon organize three major tourism events – Tourism Day, Southern Land Food Festival and Southern Fruit Festival – to promote the city’s tourism image and create opportunities for travel firms in the upcoming travel season. |
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| Diverse cultural activities planned for Vietnam–Laos Friendship Year |
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| The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to organize various cultural activities to mark Vietnam – Lao Friendship Year 2012. |
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| Da Nang again the top province |
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 For the third year in a row, the central city of Da Nang has continued its reign as the top performing province in the country's Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) with a score of 69.77.
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| Vietnam remains attractive destination for Japanese visitors |
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More than 40 Japanese travel agents and Vietnamese tourism businesses attended a seminar on marketing for Japanese tourists in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25. |
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| English couple and their passion for Vietnamese caves |
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 An English couple has joined 14 expeditions to Vietnamese caves over the past 20 years and contributed to UNESCO’s recognition of Phong Nha-Ke Bang as a World Natural Heritage Site. |
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| VND1.3 trillion for restoration of Hue royal citadel |
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| Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee has approved a project to restore the Hue royal citadel in the 2011-2015 period with total investment capital of approximately VND1.3 trillion. |
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| National Circus Gala 2012 to be held in HCM City |
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 On March 13th 2012, a press conference was held to introduce the National Circus Gala 2012 which will take place from March 30th to April 8th at the Ho Chi Minh circus |
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| International Colloquium on Vietnam Archaeology |
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 An international scientific colloquium on Vietnam Archaeology, a collaboration between Germany and Vietnam, will be held at Goethe Institute in Ha Noi from February 29th until March 2nd 2012. |
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| Ha Long Bay on US website |
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 The US well-known street fashion, Free People, has chosen Vietnam as its destination to take “look book” photographs for its March publication. |
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| HCMC welcomes 310,000 foreign tourists in January |
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 In January 2012, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) received 310,000 foreign tourist arrivals, reported the city Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism |
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| Spanish photographer falls in love with Vietnam |
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 Ramón Fernández, a Spanish photographer, has expressed his love for Vietnam through nearly 40 black and white photos which are on display at an exhibition in Navia city in the Asturias Autonomous Region of Spain. |
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| Air Mekong increases flights |
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 Mekong Aviation JSC (Air Mekong) has announced plans to increase its flight offerings to some destinations during the two upcoming national holidays, Hung Kings commemoration (March 31) and May Day. |
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| Cambodia Culture Week opens in HCM City |
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 The opening ceremony of Cambodian Culture Week 2011 was held in Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theatre on November 17 to strengthen the traditional cultural exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia. |
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| Third Ben Tre Coconut Festival to be held in April |
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 The third Ben Tre Coconut Festival, themed “Ben Tre on the way of integration and development” will be held from April 4th to 9th, 2012.
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| HCM City to host Lifestyle Vietnam Trade Fair |
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 An international home décor and gift exhibition, the Lifestyle Vietnam Trade Fair, will be held at the Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre on April 18-21.
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| Day tripping Sa Pa |
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 The sun was shining brightly over terraced hills dressed in brilliant emerald folds. Summer had finally arrived in Sapa , and so had we. |
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| View Nha Trang and Con Dao from the air with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s Hidden Journeys |
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| Ever gazed out of an aircraft window and wondered about the people, places and environments flashing by on the ground? The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG - Institute of British Geographers) aims to reveal these “Hidden Journeys” as it combines images and stories in its series of interactive online flight guides. |
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| ASEAN singing contest to kick off in HCM City |
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 The 2012 ASEAN singing contest will open in Ho Chi Minh City on March 5. |
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| Preservation of Thang Long – Hanoi royal citadel continues |
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 On February 28th, in Hanoi, the Steering Committee of the Japanese Fund-in-trust held a meeting to review the project for the preservation of Thang Long – Hanoi cultural relics. |
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| Ha Long - Quang Ninh Tourism week 2011 to be the biggest ever |
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 People’s Committee of Quang Ninh Province coordinated with related agencies to hold a press conference to announce the program of Ha Long - Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2011 on April 1, 2011. |
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| Hue struggles to restore garden houses |
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| Over the last five years, many garden houses in Hue have remained in a poor state of repair despite the launch of a four-year project in 2006 to preserve "nha vuon". |
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| Heritage central Viet Nam list |
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| Day tours - short trips - Departure from Ha Noi city |
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| Vietnam package tours list |
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| Vietnam Reunification Express Tour (14days/ 13nights) |
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 Originally named Transindochinois, this is the train which links Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Construction of the railway commenced in 1899 and was not completed until 1936, but for many years the service was suspended due to various wars. In 1975, the re-establishment of the rail link between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City became a critical project as a symbol of unity for all Vietnamese, hence the name Reunification Express |
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| DS2-SG1/2D: Cu Chi half day |
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| Located 60km from Ho Chi Minh city, Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti - American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for its tunnels system of over 220km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreign visitors. |
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| AS1-FAN4D: Conquer the top of Mt. Fansipan (4 days/ 5 nights) |
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 Sapa is a beautiful former French hill-station. At an altitude of 1,650 m Sapa boasts warm days and cool evenings and all day fresh air. Nowadays, Sapa has become a favorite destination due to its inspiring scenery of mounatin ranges and terraced valley floors dotted with small ethnic villages. Sapa is home to several of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority groups, each with their own distinctive dress, customs and dialects making it a colorful mosaic of culture |
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| AS2-FAN3D: Conquer the top of Mt. Fansipan by Sin Chai route (3 days/ 4 nights) |
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 Sapa is a beautiful former French hill-station. At an altitude of 1,650 m Sapa boasts warm days and cool evenings and all day fresh air. Nowadays, Sapa has become a favorite destination due to its inspiring scenery of mounatin ranges and terraced valley floors dotted with small ethnic villages. Sapa is home to several of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority groups, each with their own distinctive dress, customs and dialects making it a colorful mosaic of culture |
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| DS3-MKCT10D: Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh 10 Days with Toum Tiou Cruise |
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 In the core of the Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is second the most important in Vietnam after Hanoi. It is not only a commercial center but also a scientific, technological, industrial and tourist center. |
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| DS3-MKCT8D: Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh 8 Days with Toum Tiou Cruise |
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 In the core of the Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is second the most important in Vietnam after Hanoi. It is not only a commercial center but also a scientific, technological, industrial and tourist center. |
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| DS3-MKCT6D: Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh 6 Days with Toum Tiou Cruise |
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 In the core of the Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is second the most important in Vietnam after Hanoi. It is not only a commercial center but also a scientific, technological, industrial and tourist center. |
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| Pandaw Cruise, Mekong River |
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| 2005 marks the 10th anniversary since we started running river expeditions. Reviving the old Irrawaddy Flotilla Company in 1995, we were the first since the Second World War to offer pioneering cruises on Myanmar's spectacular Irrawaddy River, attempting to reach Bhamo, one thousand miles from the sea. |
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| Bassac Cruise, Mekong River |
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 The Bassac is entirely built of wood, from the hull of an 80-foot-long rice barge. She can accommodate up to 12 passengers in six nicely decorated cabins, each with air-con and a private bathroom, and features a 100 sqft restaurant that opens all around, a large gallery, a small office room and 700 sqft of sundeck. |
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| About Le Cochin chine Cruise, Mekong River |
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 Le Cochin chine is a modern and tastefully designed river barge. Built in traditional style Le Cochin chine measures around 30 meters long from bow to stern and has two 420 HP engines , one in back up, making Le Cochin chine a very powerful and safe river vessel. |
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| DS2-MKCL7D: Cruise on Mekong River by Le Cochin chine (7 Days) |
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 In the core of the Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is second the most important in Vietnam after Hanoi. It is not only a commercial center but also a scientific, technological, industrial and tourist center. |
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| DS2-MKCL3D: Cruise on Mekong River by Le Cochin chine (3 Days) |
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 In the core of the Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is second the most important in Vietnam after Hanoi. It is not only a commercial center but also a scientific, |
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| Openbus (itinerary & ticket fare) from Ha Noi city to Nanning city and Guilin city (China) & vice versa |
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 The bus I took was plenty comfortable (coach bus, air-con). You can do the route much cheaper by not taking a direct bus, but it depends how much hassle you want to deal with. As #5 suggests, you can take a local bus to Lang Son and then catch a ride to the border, cross the border and then catch another ride to Ping Xiang to get the train to Nanning |
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